한새

Korean

Etymology

First attested as Late Old Korean 漢賽 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)[1], 1103 In the hangul script, first attested in the Hunmong jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527, as Middle Korean 한새 (Yale: hansay), 하- (ha-, “big; great”) +‎ -ㄴ (-n) +‎ 새 (say, “bird”) Restoration from the contaminated form 황새 (hwangsae) to the pure Middle Korean form.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈha̠(ː)nsʰɛ] ~ [ˈha̠(ː)nsʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [한(ː)새/한(ː)세]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hansae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hansae
McCune–Reischauer?hansae
Yale Romanization?hānsay

Noun

한새 • (hansae)

  1. (zoology, puristic) Oriental stork
  2. (~속(屬)) any of the birds in the genus Ciconia
  3. (~과(科), ~목(目)) stork (family Ciconiidae, order Ciconiiformes)
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